A harrowing journey to find food in Gaza

Israel bans international journalists from independent access to Gaza But NPR's Anas Baba is from Gaza and in the months he has been reporting on the war he's also been living it Over the unit of the war he has lost a third of his body weight and until his food supplies ran out several weeks ago he was getting by on just one small meal a day Israel still tightly restricts the entry of food into Gaza The food it does allow in is mostly distributed through new sites run by private American contractors with a group called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation GHF operates under protection from the Israeli military and the U N Secretary General Ant nio Guterres stated this new system is killing people According to fitness executives and international health teams in Gaza hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli troops as they approach these food sites U S representatives have accused American media of spreading Hamas misinformation In this episode Anas Baba takes us on the perilous journey he made to one of these new GHF distribution sites in an attempt to secure food For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This sign up for Consider This via Apple Podcasts or at plus npr org Email us at considerthis npr org Image credit Eyad Baba